{"id":28314,"date":"2025-04-04T16:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=28314"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:05:16","slug":"making-tax-digital-to-expand-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/making-tax-digital-to-expand-in-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Tax Digital to expand in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From 6 April 2028, self-employed people and landlords with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 will be required to follow the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules. This change will bring around 900,000 additional low-income taxpayers into the MTD system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HMRC previously stated that those with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 would be mandated before the end of this parliament. The specific start date of April 2028 is therefore earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers with an income of more than \u00a350,000 will be mandated from 6 April 2026 for the 2026\/27 tax year. The deadline for finalising MTD obligations for this year is not until 31 January 2028, which doesn\u2019t give HMRC much time to sort out any problems before the new cohort of taxpayers join the system in April 2028. At present:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unrepresented taxpayers with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 are going to need software that is either free or low-cost.<\/li>\n<li>The availability of such software is quite limited, although more options might become available by April 2028.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The relevant income for meeting the \u00a320,000 threshold will be that for the 2026\/27 tax year.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, the MTD threshold might be lowered again as the government has stated there are plans to expand the regime to include those with an income below \u00a320,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HMRC has also announced that the year-end self assessment tax return must be submitted using MTD or other suitable software. It was previously thought that taxpayers would be able to use HMRC\u2019s online service, but this is not going to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>When selecting suitable MTD software, it is important to make sure it can also deal with the tax return submission. If the MTD software cannot do this, a different software package will be required to complete the year-end requirement.<\/p>\n<p>HMRC\u2019s list of software that&#8217;s compatible with MTD for income tax can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/find-software-thats-compatible-with-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a00114 266 4432\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@smh.group\">info@smh.group.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 6 April 2028, self-employed people and landlords with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 will be required to follow the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules. This change will bring around 900,000 additional low-income taxpayers into the MTD system. HMRC previously stated that those with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 would be mandated before the end of this parliament. The specific start date of April 2028 is therefore earlier than expected. Timing Taxpayers with an income of more than \u00a350,000 will be mandated from 6 April 2026 for the 2026\/27 tax year. The deadline for finalising MTD obligations for this year is not until 31 January 2028, which doesn\u2019t give HMRC much time to sort out any problems before the new cohort of taxpayers join the system in April 2028. At present: Unrepresented taxpayers with an income between \u00a320,000 and \u00a330,000 are going to need software that is either free or low-cost. The availability of such software is quite limited, although more options might become available by April 2028. The relevant income for meeting the \u00a320,000 threshold will be that for the 2026\/27 tax year. 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